Headgear



June4, 1935. H.JULICH 2,003,367

HEADGEAR Filed Dec. 15, 1935 INVENTOR 3 #2244010 W:

struction which is Patented June 4, 1935 UNITED STATES HEADGEAR HermanJulich, New Rochelle, N. Y. Application December 15, 1933, Serial No.702,517

1 Claim.

This invention relates to improvements in headgear, more particularlycaps of the type known as berets, and has for its particular objects theprovision of an attractive and cheap hat conself-adjusting within alimited range of sizes. Further objects of the invention are hereinafterset forth.

I am aware that heretofore it has been proposed to provide adjustingmeans, such for example as buckles and draw strings for accommodatingcaps to fit heads of different sizes, but such adjusting means haveproven unsatisfactory, especially when it has been attempted to adjust acap equipped therewith to fit the smallest size of head for which it wasintended, as in accomplishing such adjustment a gathering of themarginal portions of the crown at intervals around such margin resultedand consequently, such cap was either extremely uncomfortable to thewearer thereof or else was unattractive in appearance.

My investigations have led to the discovery that the automaticadjustment of such headgear can be accomplished without the annoyinggathering of the cloth in proximity to the margin of the crown throughthe employment of a head band of elastic webbing which is of limitedelasticity and consequently adapted to accommodate itself to headswithin a relatively restricted range of sizes, such head-gear beingcomfortable to the wearer, extremely durable, attractive and simple andcheap to manufacture.

My invention is fully set forth in detail in the,

following description and drawing forming a part thereof in which latterFigure 1 is a perspective view of a beret embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic, longitudinal section of a beret embodying myinvention, showing the head band thereof in its normal or unstretchedcondition;

Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic view, essentially similar to Fig. 2, exceptthat the head band is shown in an abnormal or stretched condition; and

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail section taken on the line 44 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing and the construction shown therein, thereference numeral 1 designates the crown of a cap of the beret type and2 the lining thereof, the same being bound together at their margins bya strip of tape 3, which latter is secured thereto by stitchingdesignated by the reference letter a. The head band 4 of elastic webbingthat is of limited elasticity is in turn stitched to said tape, saidlining and the crown by a line of stitching bin such a manner thatnormally said head band is of substantially cylindrical configurationand extends normal to the plane of the head opening in the crown, asindicated by the reference letter as, shown in Fig. 2, designating thenormal diameter of the head band when the same is unstretched, and thereference letter 11 designating the diameter of such head band when the0 same is expanded to accommodate itself to a head of a size somewhatlarger than the head band is normally adapted to fit when such head bandis in the unstretched condition shown in Fig. 2.

It is essential that the head band be of sufficient width, desirablyabout A to 1" so that the upper portion of such band which, as stated,is stitched to the tape 3 and is in a substantially unstretchedcondition, will be well out of contact with the head of the wearer andnot under tension, while at the same time the lower portion will be inengagement with the head of the wearer and be capable of stretching toaccommodate itself to a limited extent to different sizes ,25 of heads.Consequently my cap is at all times entirely comfortable to the wearerthereof, beside being attractive in appearance, irrespective of the factthat the head upon which the same is worn may vary a few sizes plus orminus from the size of the unstretched head band, since there is notendency for the upper margin of the head band to at any time gather orbecome wrinkled irrespective of the size of such head.

Since my improved head band is formed of elastic webbing, desirably ofthe well known type that is substantially unaffected by the weather,there is no tendency owing to the porosity thereof for the same to causethe head on which it is worn to perspire as would be the case were arubber band employed. Furthermore, a band of virtually unlimitedextension or elasticity, such as rubber band, would become rupturedafter but a short period of use owing to the frequent stretching thereofbeyond the normal 45 limit of elasticity.

. While I have described my invention as applied to a hat of the berettype, it is of course applicable to caps and other shapes of headgear.

Various modifications of the construction herein described which arewithin the scope of the appended claim may be made without departingfrom the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to obtain byUnited States Letters Patent is:

A cap of the beret type, the crown of which is composed of relativelyinelastic fabric and has a head-receiving aperture therein, a liningcovering the inner surface of said crown and extending to the margin ofsaid aperture and an annulus formed of tape secured along onelongitudinal margin thereof to the margins of said fabric and to saidlining by a row :of stitching extending around the margin of saidaperture,

a head band, comprising an annulus formed of elastic webbing capable oflimited extension, whose normal outer periphery substantially equals theinner periphery of said aperture and said head band also being securedby a separate row of stitching to the fabric of the crown, said liningand to the other longitudinal margin of said tape, which row is belowthe first mentioned row of stitching.

HERMAN J ULICH. 10

